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The Standards Forum is the place where business and standardisation meet. This group would like to facilitate and encourage dialogue around standardisation in the financial industry, and share views, insights and updates on how financial standards can contribute to reducing cost and increasing efficiency when tackling today's challenges such as automation, compliance, and regulation.
Day One is in the books. A couple of the sessions were standing room only. Luckily, there is room to expand in the aisles... unlike Innotribe which had to turn people away from the API session. Bah! ...
Here we go again. Time to get your geek on. In Forums past we’ve talked endlessly about ISO 20022, explaining what it is, what it isn’t… we’ve argued for adoption where it makes sense, and perhaps so...
We at SWIFT would like to hear about your ISO 20022 plans, experiences and questions. Leading up to Sibos, we are publishing a series of weekly blogs on Finextra called "Making ISO 20022 work for...
An old journalist buddy of mine once confessed to me that he only had three basic story outlines; and for each article he wrote he simply had to pick the most appropriate one and modify to suit. As I ...
We at SWIFT would like to hear about your ISO 20022 plans, experiences and questions. Starting today and leading up to Sibos, we will launch a series of weekly blogs on Finextra called "Making IS...
Let us remind ourselves of the reasons why people and organizations want to standardize complex and costly processes. It is to reduce cost. That is exactly where standards can be a catalyst and the st...
A friend of mine once quipped "Welcome to the Hotel Corporate Actions. You can check out any time you like, but you can’t never leave". It was right on the money. The word "dedicated&...
With the blink of an eye another Sibos came and went. The containers have been shipped out and it’s back to the old grind. Real projects. Deadlines. Pesky users. Endless meetings. Production pro...
Back from Sibos? Time to dive into the green books and get busy with the remediation work for the annual SWIFT Standards Release. It comes around every year as sure as death and taxes. How many Sta...
20022 is a very powerful, rich, and flexible standard. We’ll hear about it a thousand times at Sibos this week. Here’s a little light relief from all that serious stuff. On the one hand it is possi...